Ekmeles - forgetting 1-17-2026

Описание: 0:09 Sinan Simanlı - Three Constitutions (USP)
11:01 Wolfgang von Schweinitz - Plainsound Motet for Ekmeles: 'DADA NONO & REJOICE'
32:47 Jeffrey Gavett - Attributa sanctorum (WP)
45:57 Katherine Balch - forgetting

January 17 2026, Ekmeles gives the world premiere of a new work by director Jeffrey Gavett, a just intonation work based on the attributes of the saints entitled Attributa sanctorum.

Also featured on the program is a US premiere by Sinan Samanli, Three Constitutions for four voices and oud, featuring Ian Power. The work evocatively sets fragments in Turkish and Greek by Cemal Süreya and Plato.

The final two works on the program will soon be recorded for their inclusion on Ekmeles's third studio album. Katherine Balch's forgetting, for six voices and toy ratchets, sets texts by Katie Ford in a skittering elusive style, blending voice and percussion. Wolfgang von Schweinitz's Plainsound Motet for Ekmeles 'DADA NONO & REJOICE' is a masterpiece of microtonal polyphony, reconciling the horizontal world of melody with the vertical world of just intonation harmony. Schweinitz sets his own text, moving freely between phonemes selected for purely sonic effect, and the invocation of aesthetic forebears.

Charlotte Mundy, soprano
Elisa Sutherland, mezzo
Timothy Parsons, countertenor
Tomás Cruz, tenor
Jeffrey Gavett, baritone and director
Steven Hrycelak, bass
Ian Power, oud